Samajvadi party leader Mohan Singh passes away
New Delhi: Samajwadi Party general secretary and Rajya Sabha member Mohan Singh passed away at AIIMS on Sunday after a prolonged battle with cancer.
Singh, 68, was admitted to AIIMS on September 18, SP spokesman Rajendra Chaudhary. Singh is survived by his wife Urmila and two daughters. AIIMS medical superintendent PK Sharma said, “Singh was suffering from blood cancer.”
SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav, UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, UP Assembly Speaker Mata Prasad Pandey, LJP leader Ram Vilas Paswan and several party leaders have condoled his death.
On January 6, 2012 Singh was removed from the post of SP national spokesman after he disagreed with Akhilesh Yadav’s decision to keep controversial leader DP Yadav out of the Samajwadi Party, who accused party leadership of dictatorship.
